1326 ETHNOLOGY OK THE KWAKIUTL [eth.asn.S5 



43 he takes his knife and cuts off at the bottom those that are really 

 straight, and | when he has cut off four, the halibut-fisher speaks || 



45 and says, prajang to those which he will use for making the crosspiece 

 for the hooks: | 



"Go on, take care, friends, for you j^'ourselves have called me | 

 that I may come to get you to take care of my younger brothers; | 

 and also try hard to spread your sweet smell that you may be | desired 

 by SmeUing-Woman, Flabby-Skin-in-Mouth, Old-Woman, Born-to- 



50 be-Giver-in-House, and call || them to come and take hold of my 

 younger bi-otliers | of whom you will take care and that you msiy not 

 break apart when my younger brothers are taken hold of, | those of 

 whom you wiU take care, friends, for you, 3-ourselves, say that you 

 are | unbreakable." Thus he sa3's to them. | 



55 Then he looks for good spruce roots, and he digs || around the 

 bottom of large trees, and when he finds a thin, | long, straight root 

 of a spruce tree, he pulls it out. | Sometimes the good root will be 

 two fathoms long, j Then he cuts it off and when he has it, bespeaks | 

 and says, praying to the root: || 



60 "Oh, friend, come, for you, yourself, have called me to come and | 

 get you, friend, now keep together with j'our uncommon | super- 

 natural power, I mean that you will hold together our friends, the | 

 crosspieces. Do not break apart when my younger brothers are 



g'iUmese m5ts!aqe kMtmta^yas lae yaqlEg'a^eda l5q !wenoxwaxa 



45 p'.a^ye. Wa, la ^nek'axs lae tslElweqaxa L'.ak'losalase alewadzEma: 



"Wag'il la yaLlox'widLEX, ^ne^uEmok", qaxs lEmaaqos Le^lala g'a- 



xEn qEn g'axe ax^edEX'da^xoL qa^s aaxsilcLosaxEn ts!ats!a^ya. Wa, 



he^mis qa^s walEmk"a^meLos k'Exwasos ex"p!alaqos qa^s medzE- 



laosas mesaga, lEnbeLlExa lEklwana^ya, ts'.alalih^akwa qa^s Le^la- 



50 laosaq qa g'axes dag'aaLElaxes aaxsi^lak"LaosEn tslats'.a^ya. Wa, 

 he^mis qa^s k"!esaos k'ox^wida qo dag"aaLElaso^LEn ts!ats!a^yaxes 

 aaxsi4ak"Laos, ^ne^nEmok", qaxs qlwillekMala^maaqos ^nek'Exs 

 tslExaex, 'ne^QEmok"," ^nek'Eq. 



Wa, la alex'^IdEX ek'a Lop'.Ek'sa alewase. Wa, la^me 'lapax 



55 eoxLa^yasa LEsLEkwe Lax'Lasa. Wa, g'il^mese qlaxa wiswul^Eue 

 g*llsg"Ilt!a naEnqala L!6p!Ek'sa alewase, lae nEx^waqolsElaq. Wa, 

 la ^nal^nEmp '.Ena malplEuk' laxEns baLaqe awasgEmasasa ek'e 

 LloplEk'a, lae t'.ots'.EudEq. Wa, g'il^mese laLEq lae yaqlEg'a-'la. 

 Wa, la ^nek'EXs lae ts'.Elwaqaxa LloplEk'e: 



60 "Wa, qast, gelak'as^la qaxs laaqos Le^ala g'jlxEn qEn so^me ax^e- 

 tsos, qast. Wa, la^mets q!ap!ex'saEmL le^wQs k"!esex aoms ^nawS,- 

 lakwaxEn ^ne^nak'ile laEms dadEgalaLExg'ins ^ne^uEmokuk' lax- 

 g'ada L!ak"!osEk". Gwak"asn5 k' laqox^w idLo qo dag'aaLEla me- 



